AVIATION: Fare Fight (Cont'd)

The airlines were busy cutting each other's
throats with imaginary razors. A bitter transatlantic rate war was
onalthough transatlantic planes for non-priority passengers would not
be in operation for some time. But American Airlines promised to whisk
the future traveler to London for $235, one way. T.W.A. knocked down
its first offer of $263.80 to $193.50. Pennsylvania-Central bid $176.
Pan American, an old hand at crunching competition, stunned its rivals
by pricing its postwar ticket to London at $148 (Pan Am now charges
$525 to Foynes by the northern route. Prewar fare $375).